Asa Anosarudza Aramu Pachinzvimbo chaBaba
Pakutarisana naBhaasha, Asa anotenga rubatsiro rweAramu nesirivha yetemberi pachinzvimbo chokukumbira Baba vake. Hanani anomuudza kuti meso aBaba vedu anotarisa-tarisa nyika yose achitsvaka mwoyo yakazvipira kwavari zvizere. Asa anosunga muoni mutirongo, uye gare gare anotsvaka vanachiremba pachinzvimbo chavo pakurwara kwetsoka dzake.
16 1Mugore ramakumi matatu nematanhatu raAsa, Bhaasha mambo weIsraeri akarwisa Judha, achivaka Rama kuti arambidze ani naani kubuda kana kupinda munyika yaAsa mambo weJudha. 2Asa akatora sirivha nendarama mumatura eimba yaBaba vedu neeyeimba youmambo, akazvitumira kuna Bheni-Hadhadhi mambo weAramu, aigara muDhamasiko, neshoko iri: 3“Ngapave nesungano pakati pangu newe, sezvazvakanga zvakaita pakati pababa vangu nababa vako. Tarira, ndiri kukutumira sirivha nendarama. Chienda zvino undoputsa sungano yako naBhaasha mambo weIsraeri, kuti abve kwandiri.”
4Bheni-Hadhadhi akabvumirana naMambo Asa akatuma vatungamiri vehondo yake kundorwisa maguta eIsraeri. Vakakunda Ijoni, Dhani, Abheri-maimi, nemaguta ose amatura aNafutari. 5Bhaasha paakazvinzwa, akarega kuvaka Rama, akasiya basa rake. 6Mambo Asa akaunganidza vaJudha vose; vakatakura matombo nematanda ayo Bhaasha akanga achivaka nawo Rama, uye nawo akavaka Gebha neMizipa.
7Ipapo Hanani muoni akauya kuna Asa mambo weJudha akati kwaari, “Nokuti wakavimba namambo weAramu kwete naBaba vako, hondo yake yakapunyuka muruoko rwako. 8VaKushi nevaRibhiya vakanga vasiri hondo huru ine ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza vasingaverengeki here? Nokuti wakavimba naBaba vako, vakavapa kwauri. 9Nokuti meso aBaba vedu anotarisa nyika yose, kuti vasimbise avo vane mwoyo wakazvipira zvizere kwavari. Wakaita noupenzi pane izvi; kubvira zvino uchava nehondo.”
10Asa akatsamwira muoni nokuda kwaizvozvi akamusunga mumatanda okusunga, nokuti akanga akamutsamwira kwazvo pamusoro paizvozvo; akamanikidzawo vamwe vanhu nehutsinye panguva iyoyo.
11Mabasa aAsa, kubva pokutanga kusvika pokupedzisira, akanyorwa muBhuku raMadzimambo eJudha neIsraeri. 12Mugore ramakumi matatu nemapfumbamwe rokutonga kwake, tsoka dzaAsa dzakarwara, chirwere chiri chakanyanya. Asi kunyange ari pakurwara kwake haana kutsvaka Baba vedu, asi vanachiremba chete. 13Ipapo Asa akazorora namadzibaba ake, akafa mugore ramakumi mana nerimwe rokutonga kwake. 14Vakamuviga muguva rake chairo, raakanga azvicherera muGuta raDhavhidhi, vakamuradzika pamubhedha womariro wakafukidzwa nezvinonhuhwirira namafuta anonhuhwirira akasiyana-siyana akavhenganiswa, akagadzirwa nenyanzvi dzokugadzira mafuta anonhuhwirira, vakamubatidzira moto mukuru. a a v14 Moto mukuru waipisa zvinonhuhwirira kuti vakudze mambo; wakanga usiri wokupisa chitunha, izvo vaIsraeri vakanga vasingaiti.